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Eat My Dust, Breath My

Dust, Pave My Alley

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the foreclosure property here are all kinds of dusty, muddy gravel roads if ders is occurring along the
A structural engineer noted known as the Seacoast Inn. homes in Imperial their front doors happened to alleys of our city.
cracks in the west block wall Council outlawed drinking Beach. Up on Tenth face the alley. Rather than accept the
and complete deterioration of on the beach and began con- Street before you get to You may think the City responsibility for its neglect
the steel rebar within the wall struction of public restrooms Bayside Elementary is a should provide the same ser- and prior discriminatory
in 1995. A minor seismic so that hotel patrons would house that appears on an 1887 vices to these residents and actions and offer to do some-
event, or even a hit from a big not be subject to open public photograph. Somebody built homeowners as any other resi- thing constructive about the
wave could cause complete urination on the rear seawall an addition on it since then but dent or homeowner. Why situation, the Council tried to
collapse of the structure. of the hotel. Because of the basic historic house still does this City discriminate perpetrate a sham on the resi-
For several years after the Imperial Beach’s lack of pub- stands with its hand-forged against people who live at dents.
sale of the hotel there was lic restrooms at the time, the square nails. legal alley addresses within Special Alley Assessment
minimal building mainte- seawall at the old Seacoast A lot of Navy people the city limits? District Sham
nance. At one point painting Inn was a favorite place for bought property in Imperial Homeowners and property Is this City Council and its
the interior courtyard was party animals on the beach to Beach. Some of them stayed, owners have been paying overpriced staff so incompe-
started using the housekeep- urinate. It provided a quality some of them left and some of taxes at the same rate, without tent that it can’t call an asphalt
ing staff. The piecemeal paint experience for guests of the them have died. Today services being rendered by the company and ask for a bid? It
job went on for almost two hotel. Imperial Beach has a much city. The policy of paving out- has to spend $500,000 for a
years until I shamed Israni Completion of Dunes Park more diversified demographic side one resident's front door consultant to try to talk the
into painting it so that the cen- restrooms and Pier Plaza makeup. And the types of and not outside another’s, residents into voting them-
terpiece of I.B. would not be Restrooms eliminated much housing available are just as when they pay the same taxes selves a new extra special tax
such an eyesore. They actual- of the public urination at the diverse. is absurd. It is discrimination so they can have something
ly paid a real painting contrac- Seacoast Inn, except at late The City Code has allowed and negligence. they’ve been paying for
tor to spray the hotel beige night hours when the bath- construction on rear lots fac- Many people, especially already for years.
...most of it. rooms are locked. Pacifica is ing alleys for well over 60 people with children who live The alley paving tax mea-
The rear decks were rotten greatful for the restrooms, years. The structures on or near these dirt alleys, sure did not pass because the
in many places, back in 1995, however when Foothill bank (homes/apartments/ granny have serious health issues majority of the people
and several guests have fallen offered to place porta potties flats, etc.) are taxed at the directly related to the airborn involved, even the ones who
or stepped through the old adjacent to the hotel, back in same rate as any other proper- dust particles that float into have the money, know the
decks since. I don’t know of 1995, the city refused to allow ty in Imperial Beach. their homes though open win- City has been ripping them off
any code enforcement or it! Longtime property owners dows and doors. A surprising and shirking its responsibili-
building code violations The council adopted have been paying taxes for number of children with asth- ties while taking their money
where the City has cited changes to the Coastal Plan to years to live on unpaved, ma and other breathing disor- SEE ALLEY, PAGE 8
Pacifica. SEE BRIEFCASE, PAGE 6

financial disaster in the past. from the teat of the Port. mayors lunches with lies, more taxes, more secret
Usually it comes with a big While the Port may yet, give Supervisor Greg Cox, the closed-door meetings and
BANKRUPTCY check from the Port. Probably
a payback for voting with the
another bail-out to Imperial
Beach, the results would
SANDAG retreats and jun-
kets are all an opportunity to
backroom deals is what you
can expect unless you remove
Continued from page 1 South Bay block of cities? mean a council with unwaver- influence local policy on a all the current incumbents
While making his report to ing loyalty to political forces regional level. These actions from office.
the City Council a couple of outside of Imperial Beach. It seem to circumvent the spirit Three new faces could
going on with South Bay years back, former IB Mayor is this relationship that our of the Brown Act and Fair change, not only the face of
leaders since the days when and now Port Commissioner current leaders have been cul- Political Practices Act, if not IB, but the direction it’s
David Malcolm and Greg Mike Bixler explained about tivating for the last 14 years, the letter of the law. going.
Cox were on the Chula Vista all the money being donated which caused them to lose The IBCC has sold out Abuses of the City
City Council together. Some by the Port and for what pur- touch with their constituents. before and it will sell you out Attorney’s office approved by
refer to it as “the South Bay poses it was intended. At the Once they thought, like again. In the past, every this council are a disgrace.
Mafia” with the Inzunza fami- conclusion of his presentation people who come from I.B. Halloween before an election, There’s more going on in
ly in control of two votes he said quite clearly: “In But they got too arrogant it’s been trick not treat by the closed session these days than
(National City) and (South exchage for this money the when they got to go to region- IBCC PAC newspaper. A new in open session. The EDCO
San Diego), Chula Vista’s Port expects your cooperation al agencies and retreats with edition filled with lies will no trash bill increase turns out to
vote, Coronado’s vote and on policy and legislation.” other powerful arrogant peo- doubt speak to the fiscal be illegal taxation, and these
Imperial Beach’s vote. The current City Council ple. You can be arrogant at responsibility and stewardship desperate candidates want to
Imperial Beach has been has avoided impending bank- SANDAG/MTS or the PORT, of McCoy, Rose, Winter, lie to you and tell you the
saved at the last minute from ruptcy before, by sucking and fit right in! The secret McCoy and Janney. More city’s financial heath is good.
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